While this site includes lesson plans and web resources, I have found the most useful aspect of the site to be the Student Materials. If you are looking for more happy homeschool writing ideas, I have Creative Writing lessons here, and an entire board of goodness on Pinterest.Read Write Think is a site from the UK that offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the P-12 classroom. Take some time to check out these interactives then read this post highlighting five interactive apps for poetry writing. The Book Cover Creator could also serve as a pre-writing exercise.

With the Printing Press, your student can generate a brochure, flyer, sign, poster, or newspaper! So many writing opportunities.Īnimal Inquiry is perfect for the student who loves to read about animals–a great introduction to research!Ĭonstructing a cross word puzzle? Does that count as writing? You bet! It requires lots of planning and thinking and writing! Cross Word Puzzle Makerĭesigning a book cover is great for the student who has a big idea for a book but isn't ready to compose a gigantic story. Complete the art work on the front and give it to a friend or family member! Writing is meaningful when there is an intended audience. If this exercise entices your student to write beyond the prewriting, then encourage him to do just that, but please, for the love of pens and pencils (and stressed out student writers) everywhere, don't require it.Ī story writer or fairy tale fan might be interested in Fractured Fairy Tale.Ĭompose a letter with the Letter Generator.Īrt and writing collide the Post Card Creator.Create a post card and print it. It gives prewriting cues for biography/autobiography, short story, and mystery.

Similar to my Help! I'm Writing a Story exercise, it only asks the student to prewrite. It encourages writing that isn't so threatening. I am a little bit in love with The Cube Creator. You can find a more complex comic creator at Make Beliefs Comix. Writing a comic strip includes planning, creative thinking, humor, and artistic skill! You should be super proud of your student if he attempts a comic strip. Your student can compose a comic, print, and then draw the characters. (Say that ten times fast!) Here goes:Ĭomic Creator was the first ReadWriteThink interactive we ever used. ReadWriteThink has scads of interactives, but I chose the ones I think are best for inspiring aspiring writers. All of the interactives encourage writers to write–even though some of them seem more like play than work. These should be presented more like games–something exciting–something you can even write and publish together. And likes it. I would not endorse forcing a grumbling, grimacing child to plop down in front of a computer to complete one of these assignments. In our homeschool the goal is not a frustrated writer. As I work on my post, I am pointed to the various tools we have used, and I realize I have never shared about the amazing student interactives at ReadWriteThinkwhere students can create a comic strip or post card, compose a letter or fractured fairy tale, and design a brochure or story cube. So I have been plunk, plunk, plunking on the keyboard, too–trying to compose words about how I might be raising two writers and how I might have some secret tips about doing this. Lately, both of my boys are crafting with words and enjoying it. (I am so thankful he learned to type!) He calls to me from the other room, 'Mom! Mom! I have 4,322 words!' My heart hops. He sits at the keyboard and plunk, plunk, plunks the keys.

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